Assistant Director, Large Business, HMRC, Edinburgh, to £90k + benefits

HMRC is on a digital journey as we begin to put technology at the heart of our decision-making and continue our Transformation into one of the most digitally advanced Tax Administrations in the world.

About the job
As senior leaders in Large Business, Assistant Directors play a key role in leadership within the region.

The Assistant Director will be peer managed by the Regional Deputy Director. As a senior leader in Large Business, you will own a wide portfolio of responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:
• You will play a key role in leadership within the region, building technical capability, building engagement and facilitating change.
• Assistant Directors manage HMRC’s relationship with the UK’s largest and most complex business customers who are high profile, household names.
• This involves overseeing the department’s interaction with their significant customer operations, their very large tax/duties payments, large multi-national aspects, frequent politically sensitive issues and regular large scale mergers and acquisitions.
• Assistant Directors also lead on specific tax or wider leadership issues across the Directorate or the wider Department.
• Manage HMRC’s relationship with the UK’s largest and most complex business customers who are high profile, household names.
• Establish, build and maintain professional relationships with key senior customers across tax and business responsibilities
• Develop a deep understanding of customers and their business drivers influencing their attitude to risk.
• Discuss, explore and resolve complex tax planning issues with customers; resolving differences of view where possible
• Carefully manage complex, sensitive and potentially challenging reputational issues
• Lead large scale national projects across customer groups, sectors or risk themes to deliver compliance outcomes
• Ringmaster communications and interventions, including appropriately involving HMRCs specialists, ensuring successful delivery of outcomes
• Coach and mentor Customer Compliance Managers and tax professional colleagues, building capability and troubleshooting complex cases
• Ensure CPD is up to date and share expertise with HMRC colleagues

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.